How the Hex?

[Chasingcars]

Hi
Just came back from Alton Towers. For anyone that has been on the ride 'Hex', can anyone confirm is it the room that moves or the people??!!
Thx!

[sammy snake]

The room. I worked that out when I realised that the person in front of me had long hair and it didn't move when we were 'upside down'!

I think the people move a little bit but mostly its the walls.

[Wix]

Hi, i used to work at alton towers a few years ago. I recently went about 3 weeks ago. I got together with some of my old colegues and they showed me some new rides including hex and how it works. It is in fact the room that moves. There is also special lighting employed to enhance the effect.

The seats don't move at all.

[jmahdavi]

Interesting answers, when I went on the Hex, I had a camera on a string and I can confirm that the seats do move, but by approx 10 degrees, the rest is an illusion brought on by the room spinning and your eyes seeing one thing but your body another.

The result is the brain is confused as the two sense give conflicting advice and you feel dizzy. This then makes you think you are spinning.

From a safety point of view the restraints are simply inadequate for you to be 'turned upside down'

[fo3nix]

It's just two concentric barrels, moving relative to each other.

Imagine having one barrel cut in half. This is where you sit.

the imagine that being inside an even larger barrel; this is where all the 'room features' are (ceiling, etc.)

Rotating one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise will create the effect of you travelling far further than you actually do.